Hawaii State Department of Education
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The Education's Educator Effectiveness System (EES) is a core aspect of the Hawaii State Department of Education’s reform agenda. In order to help students succeed in college and careers, it is imperative that we support our educators to become highly effective in their schools and classrooms. This means that administrators and teachers need feedback, coaching, and data that inform them about how to improve their practice and make an impact. We are holding ourselves accountable at all levels of the organization for providing support and getting results for students.
For the first time in Hawaii, we have an alignment between our State Strategic Plan, school accountability, and the supports and evaluation of our educators. For our school principals, the evaluation and supports are centered on two components: student achievement and principal practice. Similarly the teachers’ evaluation is centered on teacher practice and student achievement. Within those two broad categories, teachers will receive feedback, support, and evaluation on four components: student growth, student learning objectives, a student survey, and classroom observations conducted by trained evaluators.
The DOE has invested considerable time and effort to engage educators, to communicate about the EES and to make mid-course implementation corrections based upon key feedback from educators. Three of the four components within the teacher evaluation model were selected based upon recommendations from teachers and their representatives. Educators at all levels of the Hawaii DOE were engaged with developing the design and process of the EES. Educators were engaged through the Great Teachers Great Leaders workgroup, the Teacher Leader workgroup, town halls with the Deputy Superintendent, and other informal and formal groups and processes.
Effective teachers and leaders make a profound impact on students’ success in college and careers. The DOE is committed to providing the data, feedback, and support that our educators need to maximize their impact.
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